#AEC5D7#AEC5D7

#AEC5D7 is a light, muted cyan. Relative luminance 0.538; OKLCH L 81.2% C 0.036 H 241.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.77:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AEC5D7
RGB	rgb(174, 197, 215)
HSL	hsl(206, 34%, 76%)
HSV	hsv(206, 19%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(19.1%, 8.4%, 0%, 15.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.37, -3.97, -11.58)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.37, 12.25, 251.06°)
OKLab	oklab(81.19% -0.017 -0.0314)
OKLCH	oklch(81.19% 0.036 241.6)
XYZ	xyz(49.6844, 53.8362, 72.0505)
Luminance	0.5384 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AEC5D7 #D7C0AE

analogous

#AED7D5 #AEC5D7 #AEB1D7

triadic

#AEC5D7 #D7AEC5 #C5D7AE

tetradic

#AEC5D7 #D5AED7 #D7C0AE #B1D7AE

square

#AEC5D7 #D5AED7 #D7C0AE #B1D7AE

split-complementary

#AEC5D7 #D7AEB1 #D7D5AE

monochromatic

#5C8AAF #85A8C3 #AEC5D7 #D7E2EB #EBF0F5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.78

#AEC5D7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.77

#AEC5D7 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AEC5D7

11.77:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AEC5D7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AEC5D7	1.00	1.78	11.77	11.77
#FFFFFF	1.78	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.77	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.77	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BEC4D8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B8C0D7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A3C9CB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C2C2C2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aec5d7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 197, 215);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.2% 0.036 241.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c6d6e3',
    500: '#aec5d7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aec5d7;
$custom-light: #c6d6e3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aec5d7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 197,
    "b": 215
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 206.341,
    "s": 33.884,
    "l": 76.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8119,
    "c": 0.03571,
    "h": 241.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.53837
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AEC5D7

secondary

#AE927B

accent

#6C39AD

background

#FDFEFE

surface

#F9FBFC

border

#D2D4D5

text

#131415

muted

#828384

Preview Lab

Preview with #AEC5D7

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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